Sunrisers Hyderabad release Trent Boult; Delhi Daredevils release Imran Tahir and Pawan Negi

After Rising Pune Supergiants, Reigning IPL champions Sunrisers Hyderabad are now the latest to join the lost of teams, who have released few of their players ahead of the 10^th edition of the League next year, as per reports in the Mumbai Mirror.

Aditya Tare and Trent Boult are the players who have been let go by the franchise, who won the crown for the first time in May earlier this year, in only what was their 4^th season in the multi-team league.

Their opponents in the final- Royal Challengers Bangalore- also released Varun Aaron from their squad, as did Mumbai Indians, who let go of Boult’s New Zealand teammate Corey Anderson.

The Delhi Daredevils also let go of South African leg-spinner Imran Tahir and Australian speedster Nathan Coulter-Nile from their squad and also released Pawan Negi, who was bought for a whopping sum of Rs 8.5 crore.

“Yes, we have decided to release Pawan Negi. Obviously, the performance was a factor. The cost (Rs 8.5 crore per season) was way bit too much,” An official from the franchise, on condition of anonymity said.

“Tahir’s performance last year has not been upto the mark. Also the moment we use him, we exhaust an overseas quota. As far as Coulter-Nile (3 wickets in 4 games) is concerned, he also had fitness issues,” he added.

Extra Cover: 2017 IPL auctions to be held on the 4th of February

On Friday, the Pune franchise released some very high profile names, the likes of Kevin Pietersen, Ishant Sharma while the Gujarat Lions, who made a fine debut in last year’s edition, also released Dale Steyn. Two-time champions Kolkata Knight Riders also let go of Morne Morkel.

With just a couple of months to go before the IPL auction, it will be interesting to see the strategy of these teams and how they try and fill the void, left behind by these players.

The IPL auctions are scheduled to held on the 7^th of February in Bengaluru and the 10^th edition is tentatively scheduled to begin from the 5^th of April.